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Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché, Peer Reviewed Articles

Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché, Peer Reviewed Articles

For the Love of Work: Reading for the Cliché

In Raven Leilani’s 2020 debut novel, Luster, twenty-three-year-old Edie goes on a first date to an amusement park with Eric, a married white man twice her age. After a month of…

Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché

The Potential of Cliché

Harriet S. Hughes

Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché, Peer Reviewed Articles

Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché, Peer Reviewed Articles

Issue 11: The Potential of Cliché, Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer Reviewed Articles

Contemporaries Essays, Exit Page: The Gen X-Y-Z of Global Spoken Word Poetry

Spoken Word Poetry in Kenya: Evolution from the Physical Stages to Digital Circuits

Mapping Kenya’s Spoken Word Poetry It was a breezy Saturday evening in Nairobi, and the small amphitheater at the Alliance Francaise Gardens was packed. The anticipation from the audience was…

Contemporaries Essays, Exit Page: The Gen X-Y-Z of Global Spoken Word Poetry

Poetry Slam in Brazil Over the Last Two Decades: Challenges and Transformations

Introduction Poetry slam has existed in Brazil for 17 years and has undergone changes since its inception, strengthening itself as a spoken word poetry competition that also serves as a…